FindMinimum is a better choice.
Joerg Schaber <schaber at molgen.mpg.de> wrote in message news:<cmppsl$ml8$1 at smc.vnet.net>...
> Hi,
>
> I want to estimate parameters p of a system of nonlinear differential
> equations y'=F(y(t),p) using measured time series. I guess one would use
> NMinimize to do that.
>
> My simple question is if someone knows of a freely available mathematica
> package or function that does that already.
>
> Best,
>
> joerg